*Use a banana peel to polish your silverware -- blend the peels with a little bit of water
to make a polishing paste.

*Use cucumber slices to polish stainless steel pots, pans or your faucet and sink.
Also use it to remove marks from walls -- it works like an eraser.

*Get your grill piping hot and use an onion half (stuck onto the prongs of a long-handled
fork) to scrub the grates clean.

*Use your used tea bags (cooled) to clean wood surfaces like cabinets and floors and
use the cooled tea as a polish -- the tea's tannins do all the work of cleaning.

*Use a walnut half to remove scratches from wood cabinetry or furniture -- its natural
oils help lift scratches.

*Use a small amount of rice to clean out your coffee grinder -- just whizz and dump.

*Use ketchup to polish all kinds of copper: pots, pans and bowls.
The natural acidity of the tomatoes will make the copper shine.

*Use stale bread to clean your spice grinder or coffee grinder -- it will remove any
leftover residue and smell.

*Use used coffee grinds as a hand scrub or a cleaning scrub for greasy surfaces.
You can also use the grinds to deodorize your fridge.

*Use club soda to remove stains from fabrics and carpeting. It's also great for cleaning
your cast-iron skillet -- just pour some into your hot skillet after cooking and let it work
its magic.

*Use olive oil to buff your stainless steel pots and pans. Also use it to clean your cast-
iron skillet
-- make a paste with some coarse salt and scrub.

*Coarse salt is great as a natural scouring agent. Use it to scrub your wood cutting
board (with
a lemon half). Pour some table salt onto an oven spill to make it easier to clean up
later. Table
salt also works to lift a fresh wine stain from a tablecloth -- wash the fabric soon after.

*The natural acidity of lemons is great for cleaning. Use a lemon half to clean and
remove stains
from your wood cutting board and use it to polish your copper (with some baking soda).
It also works
to remove lime scale from your kitchen faucet. Put a lemon half down your garbage disposal
to
deodorize.

*White vinegar can be used as an all-purpose surface cleaner -- for tough cleaning use
it straight
but for general cleaning halve it with water. Also use vinegar to remove water stains from
glasses.